Posted on 07/03/2014 11:39:53 AM PDT by skeptoid
Nome is used to rowdy residents, but some relatively new transplants are making a real nuisance of themselves -- although unlike the colorful characters of the early 20th century gold rush days, these visitors have four legs, not two.
Musk oxen are wandering into the city on the Seward Peninsula, and despite loud noises, water hoses and even a blow-up bear coated in ursine urine, they don't want to leave.
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Poke your nose out and look around.
“Augh! That cat attack me!” cried Jeremy.
“That’s ‘attacked’ Jeremy, and he’s just playing.” Matthew set a tray of sandwiches down on the table and watched the spectacle of fathers cat bopping Jeremy on the nose every time he poked it twitchingly out from under his protective blanket.
LOL!
It’s official! Busdaddy has now lost a 5th grader...he weighed 62 pounds less this morning than he did three months ago! He is really getting into this weight loss thing. He even bought new walking shoes and a pedometer.
Me? I have two days to go before I weigh.
I’m heading over to Busdaddy’s in a bit to do my laundry, neither of which I want to do.
There is a cricket on my patio, and I need to see to his demise before I leave. He must be young because the chirp is at an ear-splitting octave.
It's a spy cricket with camera and every weapon known to mankind ...
Morning Everyone!
The most effective thing to use against crickets is psychology.
If you understand what they’re looking for, they’re easy to find.
Congratulations to Busdaddy. I have to say, though, that’s a smallish 5th grader: James was 100 lbs.
Some of us went to the gym, and in a few minutes some of us will go to the Botanical Garden.
Luck with the laundry, mind your foot!
dang ... me looks guilty now because of post over at iCloud thread.
12 dead.
No value gained from their deaths, their family’s sacrifice.
No value to the country at all, and the press doesn’t care - worse, it will use those deaths to promote Obama’s “resolve” and “determination”.
Sobering.
.
And the word for the day is "pernicious".
OK, so it was a 5th grade girl! LOL! James is heavy because he’s dual purpose...50# for James, and 50# for James.
At Busdaddy’s now, and the first load is in the wash. I brought my old laptop because I don’t want to fight with WinAte. I was able to shut off the alarm with no problem, even though I was apprehensive about remembering the code and the sequence. But I defeated DefCon2!
Lo! And Behold! A large cup of coffee was waiting for me in the fridge, and I immediately put in the last of my Chocolate CoffeeMate and pretended I had a Starbucks! Yummers!
The little mouse I left here months ago was taken along with one of the laptops for the track, so I had to bring mine from home. If I can find a cheap one, I’ll pick it up and keep it with this. Hopefully, it won’t take too much out of my food budget.
Oh! Happy September First! And/or Labor Day, as one prefers.
This particular cricket was looking for a way off the planet. His little cricket soul is chirping happily over the Rainbow Bridge.
Cold coffee ?
Cold coffee from the fridge????
(Robt shudders ...)
Best news of the day!
I can fix the cold-coffee conundrum by a simple wave of a magic wand.
Well, it is a little convoluted for a simple wave, and only a finger, but ...
At least the coffee comes out of the microwave hot.
Yes, cold coffee...as in “iced coffee,” just without the ice. I often prefer it to hot coffee. ;o]
It was in a thermos mug with a lid on it, so it was almost like fresh!
But re-heating it in the microwave would be defeating the purpose of a cold cup of coffee...it’s a summer drink, and accordion to the Laws of the Desert, we still have about two months of summer left before the temps drop into the 80’s.
So I enjoy my “iced” coffee when I can get it. Some local McDonald’s serve a version of it (iced chocolate mocha) that runs circles around anything Starbucks can put out.
But, “There is no accounting for taste,” said the old lady, as she kissed the cow...
Labor Day, of course, is a holiday where people take three days off from being unemployed.
-- Letterman
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